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Remember the legend of Atari dumping tons of unsold games into a desert landfill in 1983? And then the discovery and excavation of that landfill earlier this year? Well now the city of Alamogordo (where the landfill is located) has begun selling the buried games on eBay. And... / Continue →

These are the conceptual video game themed cat scratchers imagined by the folks at if industries. There's an Atari controller, Nintendo controller, and an Etch-A-Sketch. Granted an Etch-A-Sketch isn't really a video game, but damn if I didn't pretend it was when I was growing... / Continue →

In 1983 Atari allegedly dumped millions of unsold E.T. game cartridges in a Alamogordo, New Mexico landfill after deeming them unsellable because the game sucked so hard. And now that rumor seems to be true, as excavators have just uncovered hundreds of the game while searchin... / Continue →

By searching 'Atari Breakout' in Google images you can play the game and stick it to the man for a couple minutes while at work. Or on your lunch break if you care about keeping your job. I took the time to beat the whole first stage to see if the level changes, but it does n... / Continue →

This is a series of popular modern video games reimagined as Atari cartridges by DeviantARTist StarRoivas. That's pretty much all there is to say except TAG, YOU'RE IT -- NO TAG-BACKS! "I'm not playing." You ruin everything.
Hit the jump for a bunch more but check out the D... / Continue →

Blik Re-Stik Asteroid Wall Decals are $45 sticker packs that turn your frown upside down wall into a giant unplayable game of Asteroids. That's a whole set pictured, so you can get an idea of what you could do with one. Which, whether you have any sense of composition or not,... / Continue →

Ed Fries (possibly of Mickey D's Fry Guys) went and made a playable version of Halo 2600, a throwback to what it would have been like to play Halo on the Atari 2600. Honestly, I couldn't tell the difference between this version and the one for the XBox, but maybe some of you h... / Continue →

This is a video of the Atari classic Paperboy, but in real life. It's a little longer, and I know most of you have ADD (I'm right here with you), but it's definitely worth a watch while on the clock. Plus, the guys who made it are loyal Geekologists, and you know how I feel a... / Continue →

You see those initials? Those are a 26-year old Easter egg from the Atari 800 release of Donkey Kong. Landon M. Dyer, the programmer responsible, just recently unveiled that he secretly put his initials in the game. Want to see them for yourself? It isn't easy:
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Is this what Mega Man would look like played on an Atari 2600? Yes, yes it is. And if you doubt it you can take the issue up with my fis--POW! He said you're wrong. What's that? Oh, and that your nose is bleeding.
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Thanks to Anthony, who claims he beat The Orego... / Continue →